Inkstand



Dec. 13, 1938.

H. E. RHINEHALT INKSTAND Filed Sept. 13, 1957 11v VENTOR A m f fik/A/e/mar A TTORNEY-i Patented Dec. 13, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to improvements in inkstands whose upper surface is a horizontal plane beneath which is-formed a reservoir and a well for the ink. The horizontal plane of the article is also low while the vertical dimensions of the stand are short so that there is no tendency for the stand to tip over. This low plane may be accidentally covered with correspondence or other documents on ones desk without any danger of tipping the inkstand.

The inkstand consists of a vessel divided into two compartments, a reservoir to hold a liberal quantity of ink and a well fed by the reservoir and adapted to contain a small quantity of ink, with a pen-holder mounted in the wall over the well and at an angle from the vertical, whereby the pen when inserted in the holder also leans at an angle to cause it to have a position over the reservoir at an angle convenient for inserting and removing the pen into and from the well.

This manner of mounting the pen-holder results in the pen being accessible and in a convenient position to be grasped by the hand of the user whether the inkstand is positioned with its greater length transverse, or positioned with its shorter length transverse, the handle of the pen inclining in either position within the plane of the stand so as not to interfere with articles or With the movements of the hands of the user outside of the dimensions of the inkstand.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the inkstand positioned with its longer dimension in a lateral direction.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section on the line Z2 of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows and clearly showing the reservoir where the body of the ink is contained and the well in which the pen is dipped.

Figure 3 is a transverse vertical section on the line 33 of Figure 2, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 4 is a side elevation of the inkstand complete and of the pen standing in its holder and inclined to overhang the inkstand as a whole.

Figure 5 shows the pen-holder and parts of the walls of the well, with the opening into which the holder is to be inserted.

Figure 6 is a similar sectional view to Figure 5, but showing the pen-holder with its shoulder at right angles to the axis of the holder instead of oblique to that axis as in Figures 2 and 5.

This inkstand comprises a base indicated at I, a top at 2, with ends 3 and 4 and sides 5 and 6 as shown particularly in Figures 2 and 3. The

larger inner compartment consists of a reservoir 7 for containing a considerable quantity of ink. The smaller compartment, or well, is indicated at 8. A partition between the reservoir and well is indicated at 9, with an opening l0. Thus the stand proper is made of one piece. This structure is fabricated by any of the known methods of making vessels in the casting art, or the sheet metal or glass arts.

The upper wall of the well has an opening occupied by a tube constituting a pen-holder H. The tube has a. shoulder l2 and a gasket I3 of rubber. The shoulder is horizontal to fit snugly down on the upper wall and maintain a tight joint.

The interior of the holder l l is formed to fit the pen handle as seen in Figure 2 and the pen l4 projects down into the ink in the well. When the pen is in the holder it is in contact with the ink unless the quantity in the well happens to be more nearly exhausted.

In Figure 6 the shoulder of the holder is at right-angles to the axis because the opening is at an angle to the top of the well.

In filling the reservoir the pen-holder II is removed and the inkstand is tipped to an inclined or vertical position so that the ink will run through the opening I0 into the reservoir until it is filled or nearly filled. The level of the ink in the well when the stand is horizontal will be generally lower than in the reservoir.

It will be observed that my inkstand here set forth is very simple in construction; causes the well to be charged with ink from the reservoir automatically; and that the position of the penholder and the pen are at the desired angle, so that when the pen is in the holder and not being used it will incline at a suitable angle to cause it to overhang the reservoir and be out of the way.

It will be noted that the whole structure is ex- 'ceedingly simple so that it can be cheaply made, and yet it is strong and very serviceable.

It will be understood that I desire to comprehend within my invention such modifications as may be necessary to adapt it to varying conditions and uses.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

An inkstand having an opening in the upper wall of the well, one of the walls of said opening being inclined to the vertical, and a pen holding tube provided with an enlarged upper end containing a conical cavity to receive a shoulder upon a pen holder, and a reduced tubular portion communicating with said. cavity and arranged to enclose the pen and support the pen and. its holder a suitable distance above the level of the ink in the well, said tube provided externally with an inclined shoulder for supporting the pen at an inclination when said shoulder rests upon the upper surface of the Well, and a gasket surrounding the exterior of said reduced portion of the tube for engaging the walls of the opening in the well and maintain a tight joint between said tube and well.

HOY E. RHINEHALT. 

